Keys to the boudoir pose on a canopy bed: These elements combined with the beautiful poses make for desirable images that your clients are going to have a hard time not choosing for their collections. This image set is lit with 2 NLX280s with 1×4 strip boxes approximately 45 degrees past the client that provide the rim light defining her body as well as an LS-20 LED tube directly in front of camera on the floor to provide a tiny bit of fill on her shot and back of her legs.Īnother reason to use a canopy bed in this manner is that you can create frames within the frame and dramatic leading lines that add visual interest to the image. The variety in these poses came about after we quickly realized not every woman can reach the crossbar, for those that can they have four dramatic, wall-art images to choose from while still allowing options for those that are more petite. It seems like every woman who comes in to my studio wants a “Tushy Tuesday” worthy image and the set of images below illustrates a set of poses we created to utilize the canopy aspect of the bed to do just that. I am a big fan of being able to generate multiple images quickly with only small adjustments. Hand/arm placement can be moved for multiple looks.įor those of us fortunate enough to have a canopy bed in our studios, it provides an opportunity to get up off the mattress while still incorporating the bed into a posing routine.Bending the near side leg and driving the knee across the other narrowing their profile and adding dimension.Placing the light above and at an angle to provide a split light pattern.The hand placement along with where the shadows fall create the desired effect of using the pose and light to shape the body. In pre-session discussions many clients tell us their midsection is the area they don’t love as much and want to de-emphasize during the session. Shooting from a low angle allows focus to remain on her face with highlights on her bust and her legs. This is a simple one light set up, a Geekoto NLX280 strobe with a Westcott 1×4 strip box on a boom stand, which allows me to move around and shoot from different angles without worrying about lights getting in the way. For me this pose is successful because it flatters any body type and is versatile. Number one “Holy shit I can do this!” Number two “Holy shit I look good doing this!” Number three “Holy shit this is work, not just jump on the bed and look sexy!” After I show that first back of camera is when clients have three realizations. The image above is how you’ll find any of my first time clients posed at the beginning of their session. Not having a client stand in 5-inch heels out of the gate but instead doing something that feels familiar, like laying on a bed, will do wonders for their confidence in those first shots. I use the bed first because it allows for a feeling of security at a point when they are most nervous. In fact the initial pose that I do with first time clients is on a bed. I incorporate at least one of them into every session regardless if it’s a first time client or someone who has been in before.
Personally, I have two beds in my studio. Boudoir Posing: Two Beds Are Better Than One Option two, for those of us who don’t want to spend hours with an Allen head wrench disassembling their bed, we need to get creative in how we approach using this studio staple. There are numerous photographers that do not have a bed in their studio setup and do just fine. First, remove the bed entirely and move forward without one, which is entirely a viable option. How do we keep creatively fresh with a key element in the studio which generally takes up a good amount of your overall space? You have two options. To our clients, though, these poses are new to them no matter how many times you may have shot them. As a result of this, many photographers will hesitate to utilize boudoir poses on a bed as a tool during their sessions. As a photographer shooting in the same space day after day, session after session, using the bed in your posing routine can become cliched and tedious very easily. What is the first thing you think of when talking about a boudoir studio? One of the most common answers that comes to mind is a bed.
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